Dialectic

di·a·lec·tic /dī-ə-ˈlek-tik/ ·n.The art of investigating the truth of opinions; testing of truth by discussion.

On Dialectic, we invite our authors, as well as other legal scholars and professionals, to comment on topical issues raised by the UCLA Law Review publications. The podcast format allows us to offer in-depth information about the published articles and situate them within the broader context of law and politics.

In this episode, we sit down with Professors Aziz Huq, Tom Ginsburg and Lawrence Sager to discuss threats to constitutional democracy and how well America’s constitutional democracy might fare in the face of those threats.

In this episode, we sit down with Professor Colgan to discuss how the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against excessive fines and fees and the Sixth Amendment's Right to Counsel fail to protect vulnerable segments of the population.

In this episode, we sit down with Professor Eichensehr to discuss the ways in which governments, corporations and hackers navigate cybersecurity law and the surprising ways in which they collaborate to their mutual benefit.

In this episode, we sit down with UCLA immigration law Professor Hiroshi Motomura to talk about DACA's legal underpinnings as well as the Trump Administration's decision to do away with the Obama-era policy.

In the season premiere of Dialectic, we sit down with Professor K-Sue Park to discuss her recent New York Times op-ed on the ACLU’s decision to defend white supremacists. Professor Park is a Critical Race Studies Fellow at UCLA Law.